Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Johnson

We came out flat with no intensity, and Barton took advantage of it early. They pressured us, and when they went to their bench they kept the pressure up throughout the game. We just didn't respond.

We came out firing (in the second half). We saw some things in the first half that we thought we could take advantage of. We started running the ball in the third quarter, and that helped a lot in the passing game.

We came out fired up. Then we got a little bit tired. We started making tired mistakes to let them back in it. They are a very solid ball club. They took advantage of our little mistakes. That's what good ball clubs do.

We came out and played well. After watching them play Lyndon, we knew we would have to take control of the game early and we did, taking advantage of everything they gave us.

The reason that Google was such a success is because they were the first ones to take advantage of the self-organizing properties of the web. It's in ecological sustainability. It's in the developmental power of entrepreneurship, the ethical power of democracy.

Paul Bloom

Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can test my own kids without human subject permission, so they pilot - I pilot my ideas on them. And so it is a tremendous advantage to have kids if you're going to be a developmental psychologist.

Bobby Bowden

We know it's going to be difficult. We know we're going to have to play better on the road because home-field advantage means something.

Jesse White

Unfortunately, whenever such tragedy strikes, there are those who attempt to take advantage of the situation and its victims ... I want to make sure investors and those who want to help victims of Katrina aren't throwing hard earned money away.

Unfortunately, we didn't make enough plays to win the game. We battled back and showed some resiliency; we took advantage of a couple of their mistakes and got back. But you have to get 27 outs in this game and we weren't able to do it.

You have telephone operators girding themselves to take on the cable operators, and at this point there's no way they can take advantage of scale unless they invest in their networks.

Ron Wilson

We were just way too casual the whole second period. We never worked hard enough to deserve anything the rest of the period. And they took advantage of every silly little mistake we made. We got what we deserved.

We were just taking advantage of what we had. We knew we were quicker than the guys they were putting on us, so we had to take advantage of that. It worked out just fine.

We were just taking advantage of open looks.

Joe Pavelski

We were just hanging on and we were just getting games given to us and we never took advantage of them.

Keith Andrews

We were just doing what we do. We want to create some bad passes and rush them. It may have been nerves, but we want to take advantage of that opportunity. We want to press, but we just needed to keep up that effort.

We were just a little too casual. Just a little too casual on defense, not quite boxing out enough, not quite challenging the shooter. And the other teams were taking advantage of it. We have the talent to play with these teams, but when we don't bring our best it's not like we have a big margin for error. We just came back and took care of the little things.

To hang another banner in this building would be nice. But, more importantly, we can secure home ice advantage through at least the first two rounds.

Thoughtful post-resume communication underscores the traits that companies are looking for. Being able to convey what they could bring to the position can give certain job seekers a significant advantage over less-proactive candidates.

We didn't come out with any intensity. We looked like we were asleep in the first inning. You can't give a team like Central a five run advantage to start the game and expect to win.

Byron Scott

We didn't come out with any fire, any emotion or any intensity and they took advantage of it. We came out very lackadaisical. We just didn't play the second half the way we are capable of playing. We were soft and they did whatever they wanted.

We didn't shoot the ball well and California was more aggressive than we were; they took advantage of the opportunities we gave them. We had the lead in the fourth quarter, but we gave it right back to them.

We didn't see our guys quit, which is a good sign, but we have to take advantage of opportunities better than we did today. We've got a tough game Friday against Glenbrook North, so we'll see if our kids bounce back.

Martin Biron

We didn't really use that as bulletin board material. We mentioned it once at the start of the year but we knew what we had. We wanted to use the new rule interpretations to our advantage and we did that.

We didn't really take advantage on the boards like we should have but, hey, it's a nice victory. We have to work for everything we get and it's nice that at least we're not in the cellar of the league now.

Gary Green

We didn't really swing the bats that well. We took advantage of what they gave us. That's the whole point of the game. It'd have worse if they had done that and we didn't take advantage of it.

Henry Bessemer

I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.

Henry Paulson

I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, various times, and never in any of those other periods have we had the advantage of a strong economy underpinning the markets.

We are seeing some bottom-fishing going on as some investors take advantage of yields at these levels to buy. Yields are heading south.

Willie Randolph

We're not trying to go out and totally intimidate anybody. The bottom line is, we do have arm strength, and that's to your advantage in some ways. The key, really, is throwing strikes.

Mark Burnett

We're not that far from people watching TV on the same screen as the computer, with interactivity back and forth. It's the interactivity that TV lacks right now and that is a major advantage for the Internet.

We're not talking about amnesty or allowing foreigners to take advantage of our welfare system. We're talking about plugging the holes in our borders, and at the same time protecting U.S. farmers and consumers. In fact, we don't think you can succeed at one without the other.

Alberto Gonzales

We're...looking very closely at the issue of fraudulent charities. We're looking at price gouging. I've asked the lawyers in the Department to be as aggressive and to be as creative within the bounds of the law to ensure that people do not take advantage of the situation in this tragic circumstance,

We are taking every advantage and maximizing every opportunity we have and we will stay on scene from now ... as long as we can.